TOEFL Vocabulary Test (10 Questions)

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1.
deity
  n. a god
  n. a ludicrous and complete failure
  adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical
  n. evenness of temper or mind
 
2.
protuberant
  n. a superficial appearance or show designed to impress one with superiority
  n. one who advocates extreme basic changes
  adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance
  adj. bulging or swelling out
 
3.
retrieve
  v. to make good; to recover
  adj. sentimental to the point of tears
  adj. entertaining
  adj. inclined, through some whim or fancy change the mind, purpose, or actions suddenly
 
4.
dearth
  n. scarcity
  v. to punish or criticize severely
  v. to cause, produce, or stir up
  adj. habitually fond of associating in a company or herd
 
5.
integrity
  n. honesty, moral soundness
  adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived
  adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others
  adj. very heavy; clumsy
 
6.
delete
  n. an increase
  n. an original pattern
  n. working together secretly for an evil purpose
  v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove
 
7.
demagogue
  n. departure, emigration
  adj. worldly, as opposed to spiritual; existing for a time only
  n. a leader who tries to stir the passions of people for his own purposes
  n. prolonged duration of life
 
8.
mettle
  adj. sentimental to the point of tears
  n. a persistent feeling, idea, activity, etc., which dominates a person; the state of being exclusively preoccupied by a fixed idea
  v. to be sorry for
  n. disposition; spirit
 
9.
predatory
  adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others
  n. an assumption made for the sake of argument
  n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade
  adj. outstandingly bad
 
10.
dissent
  n. partiality or preference for; a favorable opinion arrived at beforehand
  v. to disagree; to differ in opinion
  v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country
  n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics